Abstract

A number of commendable features Blackburn, Michigan; Richard N. Current, the vast majority apparently came to like Wisconsin; Robert Dykstra, Iowa; and might be mentioned. The introductions 212 the Americans. They were pleasantly James C. Mohr, New York. Serving as and editorial notes are of high quality. surprised at the good manners, generosity, editor, Mohr provided an introduction and The scope of the enterprise wisely encom- jollity, and the church-going habit of the a note on sources. passes pertinent documents prior to the GIs. In turn, the Yanks came to apprec- The main title, Radical Republicans in Philadelphia Convention (Vol. I), and then iate their hosts-especially the women. the North, reveals less about the essays state-by-state coverage of the ratifying The relationship of the sexes is given a than the subtitle, State Politics during conventions (Vols. 11-XI), followed by good deal of play which means that it is Reconstruction. Although the authors public and private commentaries on the Some in the proper historical context. seemingly agree that national issues influ- Constitution (Vols. XII-XV). Futhermore, 70,000 English girls eventually married enced political contests in Northern states, along with the official journals there are Americans and Longmate follows through they pay